KINGSTON >> The city has given a consulting firm the go-ahead for to begin an environmental and structural study of Kingston's century-old Central Fire Station in Midtown. The study will begin soon with an examination of how much asbestos insulation is in the firehouse at 19 E. O'Reilly St.
Swenson said the Latham engineering firm C.T. Male Associates will determine the “parameters” of the asbestos inside the building. Once that is done, the city will seek bids for its removal.
Swenson said this week he was uncertain how long the asbestos study would take to complete. Once the asbestos is removed, the study will focus on the structural condition of the building, Swenson said.
Swenson has said that C.T. Male will be paid $52,850 for the studies, including a structural report that’s expected to be completed by May 2017. Additional money will be spent to pay a monitor to oversee the removal of asbestos in the building.
The city’s hiring of C.T. Male follows a report earlier this year by Peak Engineering that said steel reinforcements in the firehouse’s concrete floor, where fire trucks are parked, have probably deteriorated significantly.
“This investigation revealed a unique reinforcement layout that is not consistent with conventional practices,” the report said.
The report said a section of the slab concrete was “saw-cut and chipped out,” revealing that some steel was missing.
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El Paso Fire Chief Samuel Peña has been tapped as Houston's new fire chief, replacing Interim Fire Chief Rodney West, sources said Thursday.
Peña, 45, has led El Paso's fire department for three years.
If approved by City Council, he would come to Houston in the midst of a contentious fire pension negotiation and as firefighters continue to voice concern about aging facilities and calls for new equipment.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
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Phoenix Fire Department crews were on the scene of a large debris fire at a metal recycling plant near 35th Avenue and Broadway Road Thursday afternoon.
Capt. Rob McDade said this was a defensive fire.
McDade said crews were able to set up ladder trucks on two sides of the fire to get water on it.
The scrapyard crane operators moved large pieces of metal so firefighters could reach the core of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 5 AZ KPHO
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It was standing room only Monday night as Slatington Borough residents and fire department supporters spilled into the borough council’s meeting room’s hallway.
Over three quarters of the Slatington Volunteer Fire Department showed up to the council meeting to request former chief Keith Weaver be reinstatedafter being removed last month.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times News
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A good deed goes wrong after an off-duty firefighter was held at gunpoint and had his car stolen while helping car crash victims.
"I was kind of awestruck that someone would actually pull a gun or a weapon on our person," said Mark Lawson, Merced Co. Fire Division Chief.
The Merced County Sheriff's Department said the collision occurred a little after 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia
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